University of Toronto - UofT Speciality : English Language & Literature
programme: Creative Writing and Journalism

While the University of Toronto undoubtedly fosters the scholastic growth of its many attendants, with a clear, at times over reaching focus placed on all things academic, its gaze at times feels separate from the social aspect, in which is often paramount to a students personal success. Fairs and events are near purely scholastically focused, clubs lack free form appeal, being not just purely formal, but event driven, along with teacher/professionally led, and while the campus is admittedly nice, it lacks any congregational hubs, aside from that of either payed eateries, or study centres.

hence socialization, a key aspect to the mental well being of its attendants, lies purely on the shoulders of the individual, the very same individual managing the often suffocating constant stream of work granted through their courses, hence lacking the time and energy to pursue anything outside of the scholastic realm, leading to a common feeling of isolation through out the campuses studentry.

hence while academically great, I would like to see the university take steps to differentiate scholastics, from socialization, for their student base to personally succeed past their studies, their current intertwinement needs to be deconstructed, clubs should be purely free form/student led, not lite courses, fairs and events should in part drift away from their academic focus, and attempt to foster a currently lacking social cohesion.